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Ellisons Solicitors

01473 556900
4.9/5
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Established for more than 250 years. Ellisons Solicitors is a top 200 UK firm, and one of the region’s oldest, most established and fastest growing firms. With a team of over 250 colleagues – the firm has offices located across Essex and Suffolk, alongside an office in London: Colchester, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Tendring. Read more...

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Ellisons Solicitors
have 6 other locations

Stedman Chambers
Colchester
CO1 1NH

143 Connaught Avenue
Frinton-on-Sea
CO13 9PS

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

115 New London Road
Chelmsford
CM2 0QT

2-6 Arcade Street
Ipswich
IP1 1EL

Stedman Chambers
Colchester
CO1 1NH

143 Connaught Avenue
Frinton-on-Sea
CO13 9PS

The Bath House
Colchester
CO2 7NA

Suite 1A Linden Square
Bury Saint Edmunds
IP33 3DJ

115 New London Road
Chelmsford
CM2 0QT

2-6 Arcade Street
Ipswich
IP1 1EL

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Available lawyers at Ellisons Solicitors

Anna Cross

5.0 out of 5
(73)
Solicitor

Tina Maxey

5.0 out of 5
(36)
Solicitor

Carly Callaghan

5.0 out of 5
(35)
Solicitor

Petra Sharp

4.9 out of 5
(21)
Solicitor

Stevan Stratton

5.0 out of 5
(20)
Solicitor

Audrey McKenna

4.9 out of 5
(19)
Senior Associate, Licensed Conveyancer

Abbie McKay

5.0 out of 5
(18)
Solicitor

Julian Outen

5.0 out of 5
(18)
Solicitor

Amy Burton

4.9 out of 5
(16)
Solicitor

Amanda Kelly

5.0 out of 5
(14)
Legal Assistant

Abigail Frawley

4.7 out of 5
(9)
Legal Assistant

Bethan Williams

5.0 out of 5
(4)
Solicitor

Catherine Duggan

5.0 out of 5
(3)
Solicitor

Cameron Cini

5.0 out of 5
(2)
Paralegal

Mark Stafford-White

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How Ellisons Solicitors Compares

Value for money

This firm - 93%
National Average
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Excellent does not necessarily mean ‘cheap’. It means that clients thought that the level of service received was Excellent for what they paid.

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As part of our review questionnaire we ask reviewer questions about the value for money they felt they received by using Ellisons Solicitors. These questions include:

  • Value for money (a rating of 1-5)
  • How much were you initially quoted or how much did you expect to pay?
  • Approximately how much did you end up spending for the legal services provided (ignoring disbursements and court fees)
  • Did you think this was underpriced, overpriced or about right?
  • Overall experience

We use data science to amalgamate the answers to these questions and create a ‘ReviewSolicitors score’ out of 100. The above chart representation score is a simple percentage representation of the averaged score across those who have reviewed this law firm.

Underpriced 2%
Overpriced 2%
About Right 95%

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Would recommend to
friends and family

This firm - 98%
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You can use this data to see how Ellisons Solicitors performs against other law firms nationally. A score close to 100% indicates that this firm is highly valued by their clients.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Would you recommend this firm to somebody else?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 98%
No 2%

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Satisfied with
outcome of matter

This firm - 99%
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You can use this data to see how Ellisons Solicitors compares to the national average of clients being satisfied with the outcome of their matter after instructing a solicitor.

As part of our review questionnaire we ask the question:

"Were you satisfied with the outcome of your case?"

The reviewer can select either “Yes” or “No”.

The above score is a simple percentage representation of the total amount of clients who selected the “Yes” option:

Yes 99%
No 1%

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Rankings by area of expertise

The rankings below show the areas of expertise that Ellisons Solicitors offers to clients. You can see how good the service offered is in comparison to all other law firms nationally.

Locally

Nationally

Consumer
1st / 1
68th / 4646
Company & Commercial
1st / 10
24th / 4410
Housing & Property
1st / 12
15th / 4268
Family Law
1st / 1
17th / 3862
Wills, Trusts & Probate
1st / 11
7th / 3528
Commercial Property
1st / 10
28th / 3339
Employment
1st / 2
52nd / 3126
Regulations
1st / 7
15th / 2599
Personal Injury
1st / 9
93rd / 2398
Immigration
1st / 9
11th / 2011
Money & Tax
1st / 8
27th / 1853
IT & Intellectual Property
1st / 5
13th / 1062
Dispute Resolution
1st / 1
44th / 1035
Clinical Negligence
1st / 5
52nd / 947
Banking
1st / 11
4th / 708
Agriculture
1st / 6
36th / 597
Construction
1st / 3
13th / 581
Charities
1st / 2
9th / 570
Energy & Transport
1st / 13
3rd / 525

Data shown above is based on the reviews and client feedback collected by ReviewSolicitors over the last 12 months.

Review Sources

Client Reviews

4.9/5

Reviews summary

  • Excellent

    1003

  • Very Good

    70

  • Average

    3

  • Poor

    5

  • Awful

    5

Overall experience

  • Value For Money
  • Communication
  • Initial Impressions
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  • Documentation Accuracy
  • Legal knowledge
Anonymous
Employment

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Employment Law

Anonymous

December 13, 2024

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Compromise agreement

Help with a compromise agreement with time pressure , clear pragmatic advice was given which allowed a quick resolution on the issues

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Yvonne Day
Employment

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Disciplinary Hearings

Yvonne Day

December 12, 2024

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Review for Tina Maxey

Tina was an invaluable resource for our organisation. She was very flexible and responsive to our needs and gave excellent advice and support. I would highly recommend Tina for any size of organisation seeking expertise in employment law.

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Mick Warner
Employment

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Matter Type:

Settlement Agreements

Mick Warner

December 11, 2024

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Settlement Agreement

Clear and professional advice / recommendations that was well communicated. Would recommend.

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Anonymous
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Settlement Agreements

Anonymous

December 05, 2024

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Great Service!

Tina was nothing but amazing within our discussions and made me feel super comfortable and like I did actually have someone on my side, rather than feeling alone in my situation. I was very reluctant to reach out to any form of Legal advice but within the first few minutes of speaking with Tina, I felt confident that I made the correct choice. She then fought for me, to get the things I believed needed to be corrected and she was clear and consistent in letting me know the process and what was occurring at any given time.

Tina was approachable at all times and I believe I received the best outcome, because of Tina and I may not have felt as happy with my outcome, if Tina had not been on my side. I will be recommending her to anyone that I may come into contact with that may need an employment lawyer and would be more than happy to contact her again myself, if I do find myself in such a situation in the future.

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Graham Watts
Employment

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Matter Type:

Redundancy

Graham Watts

November 29, 2024

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Redundancy Advice

I was asked to leave Hopkins Homes at age 66 (prior to probable retirement in Feb 2025) and the owning body insisted that I seek advice with regard to their proposals. Tina was very informative and gave me the best advice, leading to a couple of changes with the document.

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Employment

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Settlement Agreements

Anonymous

November 28, 2024

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Professional Friendly Support

Received very sound advice from Tina Maxey who always responded in a timely manner and explained information clearly and concisely. I was grateful for her support and advice.

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Kirsty
Employment

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Matter Type:

UK Employment Laws

Kirsty

October 29, 2024

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Helpful and efficient service

Tina and her team were efficient and helpful in streamlining my case forward. Tina is an excellent listener and was amazing at quickly summarising everything into clear concise points. Professional and empathetic during sensitive times. I would highly recommend this service.

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Mike
Personal Injury

Matter Type:

Personal Injury Law

Mike

October 08, 2024

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personal injury claim

The process of working through a personal injury claim can be long and complicated - at a time when you just want to concentrate on your recover. I only have the highest praise for my Lawyer as they guided me through the process in a timely manner, with clear communication and professional advice.

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Suffolk GP Federation
Company & Commercial

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Matter Type:

Corporate Law

Suffolk GP Federation

September 20, 2024

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Property Holding Company

Excellent advice from workshop style kicking ideas around to exectution

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William Notcutt
Company & Commercial

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Corporate Law

William Notcutt

September 19, 2024

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prompt and efficient

were on the issue, grasped it thoroughly and expedited it efficiently

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July 31, 2023

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Very professional and helpful.

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July 25, 2023

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Good but hard to park near.

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December 06, 2024

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I came to this law firm to seek advice and support throughout my divorce and issues with Child Maintenance court with my late husband.

Shortly after taking out ANOTHER mortgage in order to pay for this firms expenses, I couldn’t help but notice that my allocated solicitor had found her way into my husbands bed, resulting in more of my low income having to be spent not only on a new lawyer, but a very high-end ointment (not NHS insured🙄) for my crabs too.

Very disappointed, very itchy.

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Katie
Housing & Property

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Residential Conveyancing

Katie

November 12, 2024

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Katie

I was impressed with Shah's work helping us to redeem our Help to Buy loan. He dealt with the matter efficiently and was very helpful with the process. I would recommend his services to anyone!

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October 17, 2024

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Absolutely SHOCKING! My mental health is being brought to it's knee's! I feel like a parrot! Please avoid these solicitors like the plague! It's like they get enjoyment out of making people suffer and repeat themselves and ask them to do things they aren't legally allowed to do, they are utterly relentless!

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Description

Established for more than 250 years. Ellisons Solicitors is a top 200 UK firm, and one of the region’s oldest, most established and fastest growing firms. With a team of over 250 colleagues – the firm has offices located across Essex and Suffolk, alongside an office in London: Colchester, Chelmsford, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and Tendring. Ellisons offer comprehensive range of services to businesses and individuals across the UK and beyond - aided by our membership of the Alliott Global Alliance (a worldwide alliance of professional firms).

Practice areas

For you and your family: Wills, Trusts and Probate Family Residential Conveyancing Insolvency Personal Injury Immigration Employment Dispute Resolution For your business: Corporate and Commercial Commercial Property Rural and Agriculture Insurance Litigation Insolvency Immigration Employment Dispute Resolution Construction and Regulatory

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Personal areas of law

  • Consumer
    • Consumer Disputes
    • Dispute resolution - civil mediation
    • Litigation - Breach of contract
    • Litigation - Insurance disputes
    • Litigation - M&A and warranty disputes
    • Litigation - Product liability claims
    • Litigation - Property litigation claims
    • Litigation - Trust and pension issues
    • Litigation Law
    • Travel - Airlines going out of business
    • Travel - Falsely advertised accommodation
    • Travel - Holiday Sickness
    • Travel - Travel agents going out of business
    • Travel - Trip cancellation
    • Travel - Unsanitary hotel conditions
    • Travel - Volcanic ash disruption
  • Employment
    • Agency Staff / Temp Workers
    • Constructive/Unfair Dismissal
    • Disciplinary Hearings
    • Discrimination at Work
    • Employee Team Moves
    • Employment Contracts
    • Employment Law
    • Equal Pay Disputes
    • Family Leave
    • Flexible Working
    • Gardening Leave
    • Harassment/Bullying at Work
    • Holiday Pay Issues
    • Maternity and Paternity
    • Media and Sports
    • Military
    • Part Time Workers
    • Pay Issue
    • Privacy and Data Protection
    • Professional Discipline
    • Redundancy
    • Restrictive Covenants
    • Senior Executives
    • Settlement Agreements
    • Stress at Work
    • TUPE
    • Tribunal Claims
    • UK Employment Laws
    • Unfair Dismissal Claims
    • Whistleblower Protection
  • Family Law
    • Adoption, Surrogacy, Care and Special Guardianship
    • Asset protection and tax mitigation
    • Child Arrangements Following Divorce
    • Child Law
    • Child Relocation After Divorce
    • Child contact
    • Children
    • Children Act proceedings
    • Civil Partnership Dissolution
    • Civil partnerships
    • Cohabitation agreements and disputes
    • Cohabitation and Unmarried Relationships
    • Collaborative Law
    • Divorce After A Brain Or Other Serious Injury
    • Domestic Abuse
    • Family Mediation
    • Family law
    • Financial Matters
    • Grandparents' Rights
    • Inheritance Act claims
    • Injunctions
    • Lasting power of attorney
    • Matrimonial finance
    • Out Of Court Divorce
    • Parental responsibility, paternity disputes, surrogacy
    • Pension and property advice
    • Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements
    • Separation
    • Separation Agreement
    • Social Services
    • Unmarried Couples' Rights
  • Housing & Property
    • Anti-social Behaviour
    • Boundary Disputes
    • Buying at auction
    • Declarations of trusts
    • Deeds of Gifts
    • Deeds of easements, variation, deeds of rectifications
    • Dilapidation Claims
    • Evicting Squatters and Trespassers
    • Exclusivity and lock-out agreements
    • Extending your Lease
    • Freehold Enfranchisement
    • Housing Associations
    • Housing Management
    • Housing disputes
    • Injunctions
    • Investment and buy to let properties
    • Landlord and Tenant
    • Lease Extensions
    • Leasehold properties
    • Matrimonial transfers
    • Neighbour Disputes
    • New home purchases and sales
    • Option agreements and conditional contracts
    • Planning
    • Possession and repossession proceedings
    • Property Disputes
    • Purchase and Sale
    • Remortgaging
    • Renting and Tenancy Agreements
    • Repossessions
    • Residential Conveyancing
    • Restrictive Covenants, Easements and Wayleaves
    • Right of First Refusal
    • Right of Way and Rights to Light
    • Right to Manage
    • Service Charge Disputes
    • Service Charge Recovery
    • Tenancy Breaches, Injunctions and Forfeiture Claims
    • Tenant Eviction
    • Transfer of title
    • Transfers of equity
    • Transfers of parts of land
    • Unpaid Rent, Service or Ground Charges
  • Immigration
    • Administrative reviews, appeals and judicial reviews
    • Ancestry visas
    • Applications for British citizenship
    • Applications for discretionary leave
    • Applications to extend leave to remain or for settlement
    • Citizenship
    • Deportation appeals
    • EEA Family Permits
    • EEA Registration Cards
    • EEA Residence Permits
    • Entry clearance applications and appeals
    • Family Based Visas
    • Family Reunion Applications / Appeals
    • Family Visit Visa Applications /Appeals
    • Further leave to remain applications
    • General Visit Visa Applications / Appeals
    • Illegal Workers and Civil Penalties
    • Immigration Law
    • Indefinite leave to remain applications
    • Marriage Applications/Appeals
    • Nationality, Citizenship, Registration application
    • Partner and family visas
    • Re-entry bans
    • Settlement Applications and indefinite leave to remain appeals
    • Tier 1 (investors, entrepreneurs and exceptional talent)
    • Tier 2 (sponsored skilled workers)
    • Tier 4 (students)
    • Tier 5 (temporary workers)
    • UK ancestry
    • Visas
  • Money & Tax
    • Debt and Bankruptcy
    • HMRC Tax Investigations and Disputes
    • Inheritance Tax
    • Insolvency and bankruptcy
    • Property Holding Structures
    • Trusts
  • Personal Injury
    • Accident Abroad
    • Accident At Work
    • Accidents At Sea And Cruise Injury
    • Accidents In Public Places
    • Against The Council
    • Amputation
    • Asbestos Compensation
    • Asbestos Lung Cancer
    • Asbestosis
    • Back Injury At Work
    • Benefits Available To Asbestos Victims
    • Broken Bone Or Fracture
    • Burns, Scars and Lacerations At Work
    • Bus and Coach Accident
    • Car Accident
    • Car Passenger
    • Children's Accident
    • Children's Serious Injury
    • Defective Work Equipment
    • Fatal Accident
    • Fatal Asbestos
    • Head Injury At Work
    • Head and Brain Injury
    • Holiday Accidents and Illness
    • Holiday Sickness and Illness Compensation
    • Motor Insurance Policy
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Pleural Thickening
    • Repetitive Strain Injury
    • Road Traffic Accident
    • Road Traffic Accident Abroad
    • Serious Injury
    • Spinal Injury Compensation
    • Sports Injury
    • Tinnitus
    • Vibration White Finger
    • Welfare Issues After Serious Injury
    • Whiplash
    • Workplace Slip and Trip
  • Wills, Trusts & Probate
    • Disputed Probate
    • Disputed Trusts
    • Disputed Wills
    • International
    • Probate
    • Trusts
    • Wills

Business areas of law

  • Agriculture
    • Agricultural land for sale or development
    • Buying and selling a farm
    • Commercial contracts for farming businesses
    • Employment of farm workers
    • Equestrian property
    • Farm partnerships and corporate structures
    • Farming disputes
  • Banking
    • Banking
  • Charities
    • Charities
  • Commercial Property
    • Commercial Leases
    • Commercial mortgages
    • Developer disputes
    • Development plot sales
    • Environmental policy law
    • Finance
    • Investment purchases and Buy to Let
    • Landlord and tenant
    • Planning law
    • Purchase and Sale Of Commercial Property
    • Purchase of development land
    • Rights of way issues
    • Sales or purchases of shops, factories, warehouses, offices and licensed premises
  • Company & Commercial
    • Agency agreements
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Asset Tracing
    • Business structures and joint ventures
    • Commercial Contracts and Agreements
    • Commercial Law
    • Commercial Litigation Matters
    • Competition law
    • Contract law
    • Contractual Disputes
    • Corporate Law
    • Corporate finance
    • Credit Control
    • Data Protection
    • Debt Recovery
    • Employment - business
    • Franchising
    • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
    • Intellectual Property
    • Management buyouts
    • Merchandising and sponsorship
    • Mergers and Acquisitions
    • Mis-sold Interest Rate Swap Agreements
    • Outsourcing agreements
    • Partnership and LLP law
    • Sales and Purchases
    • Setting up a business
    • Share option schemes
    • Shareholder Agreements
    • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
    • Statutory Demands
    • Summary Judgment
    • Tax
    • Unfair Loan Charges
  • Construction
    • Building contracts and professional appointments
    • Construction
    • Construction and engineering dispute resolution
    • Contracts for the supply, installation and maintenance of specialist mechanical and electrical plant
    • Crane oversailing and scaffolding licences
    • Development agreements
    • Development loan facilities
    • Due diligence audits for banks and other financial institutions
    • Engineering contracts
    • Facility maintenance agreements
    • Framework agreements
    • Guarantees and bonds
    • In-house training
    • Warranties, third party rights and reliance letters
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Mediation
  • Energy & Transport
    • Aviation
    • Energy
    • Maritime and Shipping
  • IT & Intellectual Property
    • Advertising and Marketing Compliance
    • Anti-Counterfeiting and Anti-Piracy
    • Computer and IT Law
    • Confidential Information, Know-How and Trade Secrets
    • Copyright
    • Dealing with intellectual property infringements
    • Design rights and product designs
    • Domain Names
    • GDPR
    • Intellectual Property Litigation and Dispute Resolution
    • Patents
    • Personality and Image Rights
    • Trade Marks and Designs
  • Regulations
    • Environment
    • Health and Safety
    • Licensing